IDENTIFICATION OF WALKABILITY LEVEL IN BANDUNG CITY’S CENTERS

• Main Author: Rayanti Nur' Putri, Immay
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Perencanaan wilayah
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/72181
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Walking in Asian cities including Bandung is a difficult activity to do. Based on the pedestrian facilities study conducted by Asian Development Bank, Indonesia has the forth lowest walkability index in Asia, it means pedestrian dan walking environments in Indonesia is not foot-friendly. Generally, there is a lack of relevant policies, dedicated institutions and political support that cater to the needs of pedestrians in a developing cities (Krambeck, 2006). During this time, the government focuses in dealing with these issues was through the development of guidelines and regulations related to pedestrian facilities but the description about pedestrian infrastructures condition’s aren’t yet known. One of the methods that is used to describe the pedestrian path is to determine the level of its walkability. Walkability is a terms used to measure pedestrian infrastructure in a comprehensive manner. Walkability used to support sustainable urban system and become a parameter of whether or not an environment friendly to pedestrians. This study aims to identify walkability level of pedestrian infrastructure facilities in several centers in Bandung city. Using quantitative analysis method, which consist of a content analysis, analitical hierarchy process, and quantitative descriptive analysis. Content analysis is used to determine variables which affecting the walkability level and to determine which method is applicable in study area. Global Walkability Index developed by Asian Developmet Bank is used for the calcuating method. Then, analitical hierarchy process conducted to determine the value of the factors that cause walkability level on the assessment that has been selected. Futhermore, quantiative descriptive analysis performed to describe the level of walkability assessment of each segment of the existing pedestrians paths in the research are. Overall, the result show that walkability level in Bandung;s center is in the ‘waiting to walk’ category